Hello again!

Reviewing reviews time.

RelightTheTorch: That's the spirit! Even though I have no idea what the spirit actually is supposed to be.

Cut dialogue time, I was supposed to let Union say "I'll do what I always do: wait." During the scene where he's contemplating love with his companion, but he sounded too much of an angsty boi. So I cut it out, but now you know.

EMIYA KURO: Thanks! Looking forward to seeing your reviews as well.

Thel310: There's a big problem though. Union isn't seen making the NPCs, and in the public's eyes, he's a leader of a private organization. So sorry, it may not happen.

aspire5515: He's still an anime boi.

RandomGuest: Ah, Silverian or SilverIan or SilverLan or whatever. iNPC, an addon that breaks most modern add-ons, but that was a small price to pay for salvation.

If you're thinking that Union can use something like that. Sorry, but the 'guards' are of a different faction, their programming is like the combine NPCs however. So they have problems if a Combine NPC looks like them.

I could explain it to you further if you want.

Gabe2000: 'I really this.' You must've really this story then, Ecks Dee.

It's not very different than some, but I try. I don't know about the 'interesting' part though.

But...but...I don't like pineapples D:

Just its blood, AKA juice.

Now that's over with, let's get on to the story!

"This is the path right?" Union asked.

"Yes, it is." She confirmed

"Alright."

They were walking in the forest again, hard to describe what the forest looks like except it's all bushes, rocks, trees, and an occasional small animal. However, they did find themselves facing a big river that is supposedly belonging to the source of a waterfall, the currents weren't too strong but they still were.

"I don't think we can go around it, it'll take too long." Union said, looking into the distance.

"You're right." She used her spear to find out how deep the river is, it was about hip-level. "It's fine, I think we can pass through."

"Are there going to be aquatic grimm?" Union asked, concerned.

"Um, yes?" She raised an eyebrow at this. "Are you afraid?"

"Sort of." He replied.

"Well, too bad." She plunged her foot into the water. Slowly, her body below hip-level was submerged as she walked on, stopping to wait for her companion.

Union sighed before doing going forward, however, he shivered a bit.

"Cold." He whined.

She rolled her eyes and moved forward, Union followed. By the time the two were halfway through, he was a bit queasy.

"Where's the grimm?"

"Let's not ask."

"Right, shit."

Suddenly, before the huntress could say something, she fell backward with a yelp of pain. Union caught her, drawing his pistol. A small fish grimm was biting on her calf but was shot down by Union with his USP match. She said her thanks, before helping him from the school of fish grimm. Union threw away the fish that was biting on his forearm, before hooking one of the fish soaring through the air and throwing that one away as well.

The two then taken care of the fishes, with Union lightly joking about sleeping with the fishes. When they were close to shore, Union was suddenly pulled back to the water, he looked back to see a crocodile grimm biting into his boot. The huntress plunged back into the water to intercept but was stopped by another crocodile.

Union suddenly felt his arm flare up as the crocodile bit on it hard, the armor there trying to limit the pain. Union pulled out his crowbar and started hacking into the armor of the grimm, before deciding to yank the crowbar into its eye and pulling it out again when it flinched. It screeched in pain swimming away, it then came back with its mouth agape. It ate a grenade and exploded, courtesy of Union.

The latter was, however, tired by the scuffle and bleeding badly. He did however pulled out his AR2 and shot down the crocodile fighting the huntress, falling unconscious soon after. The huntress shouted at him, then walked towards him.

Time skip... And unexpected POV change, following the huntress...

Celeste took off her shirt to dry it out, wringing out the water inside it. She went over to her little contraption, her spear was rested on two branches holding it up, her jacket was resting on the shaft as well as her gloves, socks, and shorts. Her jacket seemed to be good enough to wear, but she fastened it around her hip as a makeshift skirt.

Right now, she was wearing just her jacket around the hip, a scarf on her neck, her boots, and underwear. But she survived worse conditions, especially during her time at Beacon.

She looked over her companion, whose arm, calf and foot were bandaged up. His right forearm took most of the damage, having been bitten hard by the grimm. Beside him was a pouch that was concealed in her jacket containing medical supplies and some rations, there was also a small fire created with fire dust. She didn't want to cause a forest fire, so she made it as small as she could.

Celeste sat down next to the fire, trying to keep herself warm. After feeling a bit comfortable, she went back to her partner. His right forearm's bandages were red, his calf and foot were also just as red. She turned her head to check out her clothes to see if it was dry, but her partner was stirring. He coughed out blood for a bit, before opening his eyes on her.

She saw his blush, even in the darkness. She mentally rolled her eyes. "Are you alright?" She asked.

He let out a coarse 'yes', before bringing out a vial. He tried to uncap it but was unsuccessful due to his exhaustion and injuries.

Celeste grabbed the vial from his hands. "I assume that I apply them to your injuries?"

He nodded.

"What is in this?" She asked.

"Something...necessary?" He replies.

She narrows her eyes at him, before undoing his bandages. He softly flinched but tolerated the coolness. After applying the vial and putting his bandages back, Celeste gave empty vial back to him, to which he pockets it back. He looked up in the sky, slowly breathing. She went back to check on her clothes, but they didn't dry yet. Celeste grabs her sidearm, but during that, she was wondering why her charge was blushing when he opened his eyes.

Then she looked at her clothes, then seemed to remember or knew why.

So she blushed as well because she gotten lost in her survivalist mindset to realize that she wasn't very modest.

She snaps out of it, the blush on her face fading away as she walks back towards her partner. He was looking at his injuries, not very pleased with the blood present. Celeste leaned back into the bark of a tree, her pistol in hand. She played around with it for a while, before feeling eyes on her. Sharply turning towards her companion, she glared at him, he flinched.

"S-sorry...for...getting injured." He apologized.

"'What's done is done.'" She recited. "Also, you haven't seen that grimm coming, so it wasn't your fault."

He sulked. "I could've heard it, but I didn't. Now we're getting delayed a lot more than we are supposed to."

"You aren't wrong. But you didn't see it coming, so you can't get a proper response because of it." She replied.

He hummed, begrudgingly. Before trying to sleep to make his body rest and heal. Meanwhile, Celeste kept watch with her sidearm, she would have to get her spear later on if a bigger grimm appears. It took a while before she heard snoring, she looked back to confirm that he really was sleeping. He was, as undisturbed as a wounded person can get.

She relaxed a bit, wondering about her situation. "I'll get out of this mess. He does seem to be the one that stands by what he says, so I'll get out free without having to risk my life." She whispered to herself.

But she doubted that though, especially considering that her charge was a danger magnet.

Speaking of her charge, he doesn't seem to be healing very fast, so whatever the syringes had were slow acting or ineffective. Actually, after further thinking, her charge didn't have aura. Which was weird considering the things he does in combat. Celeste looked over towards her partner, he was still sleeping and not trying to peek.

She sighed and slid down the tree she leaned on, sitting down and trying to get more comfortable. A bit later, she heard something in the bushes, she sprang to her feet and pointed her pistol on the source. It happened to be just a squirrel, that scurried along. She sighed again, before going back to her spot.

The next day...

"Are you sure you're fine?" She asked, walking through the forest.

He nodded, following her. "Yes, just feeling a bit hot on my wounds."

"That doesn't sound healthy..."

"It really isn't."

They were back on their journey again, walking through trees and foliage. Celeste had her clothes back and her partner had gotten rid of his bandages, his scars were covered by his clothes. He had his crowbar and pistol on each hand. However, Celeste decides to ask him about the crowbar, as it was a confusing weapon to wield.

Her charge answered. "Well, it gets the job done, you saw what I can do with it. Using an unorthodox weapon with a relatively unorthodox fighting style, and I can get opponents off their momentum."

"But still, a crowbar?"

"It doubles as a tool, so I ain't complaining."

"What happened to your baton?"

"I...lost it."

She knew he was lying. "How?"

"Let's just say I had an accident and I lost it there."

"You don't explain a lot of things, and that makes me a bit suspicious about your motives."

"And I don't have to explain because you won't be seeing me ever again." He counters.

She hummed. "Touché."

Little did they know, it would be a long time before they get separated.

Guess Union regretted his last statement about injuring himself, because not only did he not mean it, but it happened.

Also, if you guys are asking why Union is being nerfed here...he isn't. It's just his surroundings, his lack of information about the grimm, and the fact he's on hip-level water. Also also, since the system still needs to be remedied, the powers from Union that allows him to use addons, spawning props or NPCs, and other things I'm forgetting are being severely limited because the system had experienced damage.

Damage in the form of a Citadel AKA a massive prop with many code and data put into it, NPC spawners, props, and a lot of things relating to it. Hell, the Citadel is an NPC, atleast its defensive system is.

And finally, I can't explain it to you guys here. You'll have to PM me for an explanation or wait for the story to reach that point.

Anyways, see you next!